Sergey Kravtsov, Minister of Education of Russia. Biography

Sergey Kravtsov was born in 1974 into an intelligent Moscow family. His father was an engineer and participated in the development of the Soviet reusable space transport system Energia — Buran. His mother taught mathematics and computer science at school.

According to the minister himself, at school he dreamed of becoming a pediatrician. To realize this dream, in the ninth grade, he got a part-time job at the Republican Children's Clinical Hospital. However, the cost of studying at a medical university turned out to be too high, and Kravtsov was forced to choose another specialty.

In 1991, he entered the Moscow State Open Pedagogical University. In 1994-1996, during his final years, Kravtsov worked as a teacher at the school he graduated from.

After graduating in 1996, the parents of the future minister wanted to give their son a car. However, Kravtsov decided that he needed a second higher education, and with the money set aside for a gift, he asked to pay for his studies at MGIMO. In 2000, he received a diploma in public and municipal administration with knowledge of a foreign language.

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In parallel, in 1996-1999, Kravtsov completed postgraduate studies at the Institute of Informatization of Education of the Russian Academy of Education (RAO). He also defended his PhD thesis there. He received his doctorate in Pedagogical Sciences in 2007.

Sergey Kravtsov — the beginning of his career

Kravtsov began building a career in politics in 2006, when he became an assistant to the head of Rosobrnadzor, Viktor Bolotov, the ideologist of the introduction of the unified State Exam (USE). In 2008-2009, he was the director of the Federal Testing Center, which helps Rosobrnadzor in conducting the Unified State Exam.

From 2009 to 2011, Kravtsov served as Director of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, and then joined the Ministry of Education and Science. He was Deputy Director and Director of the Department of Regional Development (2011-2012), headed the Department of Program Management and Competitive Procedures (2012-2013).

Sergey Kravtsov as head of Rosobrnadzor

In 2013, Kravtsov became the head of Rosobrnadzor. Under him, the system of final assessment of schoolchildren has undergone major changes.: The Unified State Exam in mathematics was divided into basic and profile levels, the test part in the tasks was reduced, and the final essay was reintroduced for 11th grade students. In addition, in 2015, the All-Russian Verification work (VPR) began for students in grades 4-8.

Kravtsov also worked on changing the accreditation system of higher education institutions. During its operation from 2012 to 2018, the number of public universities in the country decreased from 566 to 484, and private — from 518 to 149. In 2019, new university accreditation rules were introduced, which received a positive response from representatives of educational institutions.

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Kravtsov also worked to raise the status of Russian education in the international arena. Under his leadership, various studies were actively conducted, including the PISA (Program for International Student Assessment), according to which the Russian Federation was recognized as a country with a high level of education.

Sergey Kravtsov — Minister of Education of Russia

In 2020, Kravtsov was appointed head of the Russian Ministry of Education. Soon after, he had to face a serious challenge — the coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent transfer of education to a distance learning format. In order to reduce the risks of the disease and the burden on educational institutions, the rules for passing the Unified State Exam and OGE have been simplified. The Spherum platform was also launched, to which all school chats were subsequently transferred.

Under Kravtsov's leadership, in 2022, the Ministry of Education launched a cycle of extracurricular activities "Conversations about important things." Every Monday, students of schools and colleges discuss topics related to the culture and history of Russia, as well as universal human values and topical issues from the lives of students. In 2023, students were banned from using phones during lessons. In 2024, labor lessons resumed in schools, which were canceled in 2010. At the same time, a new subject appeared — "Family Studies".

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